view: allow longer words for byte views

view.hpp

@@ -575,6 +575,9 @@ namespace cruft {
     auto
     make_byte_view (T &t)
     {
+        static_assert (std::is_integral_v<ByteT>);
+        static_assert (sizeof (T) % sizeof (ByteT) == 0);
+
         using cursor_type = std::conditional_t<
             std::is_const_v<T>,
             ByteT const*,
@@ -582,40 +585,43 @@ namespace cruft {
         >;
 
         return view {
-            reinterpret_cast<cursor_type> (&t),
-            sizeof (T)
+            cast::alignment<cursor_type> (&t),
+            sizeof (T) / sizeof (ByteT)
         };
     }
 
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-    /// returns a reference to a value of the designated type at the front of
-    /// the byte-view. if there is insufficient data for the extraction an
+    /// Returns a reference to a value of the designated type at the front of
+    /// the word-view. if there is insufficient data for the extraction an
     /// exception will be thrown.
     ///
-    /// there are no validity or other checks performed on the returned data
+    /// There are no validity or other checks performed on the returned data
     /// this is deliberate, so that the function is safe to call on user
     /// supplied data during parsing routines. it is up to the user to ensure
     /// the object is valid.
     ///
-    /// the buffer object is advanced in place so that it no longer covers
+    /// The buffer object is advanced in place so that it no longer covers
     /// the extract value
     ///
-    /// it is assumed the user has taken care of alignment concerns
+    /// It is assumed the user has taken care of alignment concerns
     template <
         typename ValueT,
-        typename ByteT,
-        typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof (ByteT) == 1>
+        typename WordT,
+        // Only allow calls if the value is a multiple of the word size. It's
+        // useful to allow non-unit words for areas like TCP/IP which tend to
+        // operate on u16 words.
+        typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof (ValueT) % sizeof (WordT) == 0>
     >
     ValueT const&
-    extract (view<const ByteT*> &buffer)
+    extract (view<WordT const*> &buffer)
     {
-        if (unlikely (sizeof (ValueT) > buffer.size ()))
+        if (unlikely (sizeof (ValueT) > buffer.size () * sizeof (WordT)))
             throw std::runtime_error ("insufficient data for extraction");
 
-        ValueT const &res = *cast::alignment<ValueT const*> (buffer.data ());
-        buffer = buffer.consume (sizeof (ValueT));
-        return res;
+        auto const ptr = cast::alignment<ValueT const*> (buffer.data ());
+        buffer = buffer.consume (sizeof (ValueT) / sizeof (WordT));
+        return *ptr;
     }
 
 
@@ -626,11 +632,11 @@ namespace cruft {
     /// view, making the operation alignment safe.
     template <
         typename ValueT,
-        typename ByteT,
-        typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof(ByteT) == 1>
+        typename WordT,
+        typename = std::enable_if_t<sizeof (ValueT) % sizeof(WordT) == 0>
     >
     ValueT
-    read (view<ByteT*> &buffer)
+    read (view<WordT*> &buffer)
     {
         // we disable the class-memaccess warning so that we can memcpy into
         // types that we know are safe but the compiler will complain about.
@@ -640,12 +646,12 @@ namespace cruft {
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wclass-memaccess"
 #endif
-        if (unlikely (sizeof (ValueT) > buffer.size ()))
+        if (unlikely (sizeof (ValueT) > buffer.size () * sizeof (WordT)))
             throw std::runtime_error ("insufficient data for extraction");
 
         ValueT res;
         memcpy (&res, buffer.data (), sizeof (ValueT));
-        buffer = buffer.consume (sizeof (ValueT));
+        buffer = buffer.consume (sizeof (ValueT) / sizeof (WordT));
         return res;
 #if defined(COMPILER_GCC)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop